This is the moment police arrested an alleged drug dealer who tried to hide underwater in a canal in Thailand. <br /><br />Officers raided the homes of Burin Suwannakan, 37, in Songkhla, southern Thailand on Thursday (November 28) morning after they received complaints about him selling drugs to a teenager.<br /><br />Burin fled out the back door and leapt into the filthy snake-infested water. But the game was up for the alleged crook after police spotted bubbles coming up from the water.<br /><br />The suspected dealer was dragged out of the water and handcuffed. While a bag of methamphetamine that he allegedly tried to hide under the water floated to the surface.<br /><br />Footage shows the moment when the dealer was handcuffed and was asked about the impound but he refused to tell the police.<br /><br />Officers seized a 0.18oz bag of methamphetamine tablets from the water that they claim Burin was selling.<br /><br />They searched the alleged drug dealer's house and also seized his mobile phone and a weighing machine.<br /><br />Police Colonel Sataporn Kaewsanit said that Burin had been detained on suspicion of possessing drugs for the purpose of dealing.<br /> <br />He said: "The suspect faces charges of possessing drugs for dealing but we will interrogate him until he provides information about his bigger suppliers. He will tell us everything.''
